house minority leader nancy pelosi holding a press conference today. she's expected to announce. she was speaker of the house from 2006 to 2010. maryland's chris van holland is on the replacement short list if pelosi decided not to run, but he's on the record saying he believes she will run again today. >>> today the fda will testify on the deadly meningitis outbreak. a congressional report shows federal health investigators wanted to shut down the massachusetts pharmacy linked to the outbreak back in 2002. the fda reports the pharmacy had multiple violations but stayed open on the premise it would work harder on improving conditions. nearly 440 people have become sick and 32 people in 19 states have died from the tainted injections, including in maryland and virginia. >>> 13 before the hour now, the cost of sandy continues to rise. senators from seven different states have petitioned for more federal aid money. senators from maryland and west virginia, among others, asking president obama to request more emergency aid from federal disaster assistance programs. they say the extra